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MEMO TO: Clerk -Administrator and City Council ;6" <br />FROM: Director of Public Works/Community Development <br />DATE: December 10, 1gB4 <br />SUBJECT: SNOW REMOVAL FROM SIDEWALKS <br />As you may know, the City plows sidewalks in the following areas: <br />1) Silver Lake Road from County Road H-2 to Bronson Drive <br />2) Quincy street from County Road I to Hillview Road <br />3) Edgewood Drive from Woodale Drive to the Community Center <br />4) Edgewood Drive from County Road H to the Community Center <br />5) County Road I from Silver Lake Road to Highway 10 was <br />installed this year and has not been plowed. <br />Next year the City is planning to install a sidewalk on the east <br />side of Quincy Street from County Road H-2 to County Road I. <br />Staff would like to make sure that this snow removal work is what <br />you want and that we do not set an unwanted precedent. <br />First of all, I would like to say that the City has the manpower <br />and equipment to plow all the above sidewalks including the <br />sidewalk planned for next year. <br />The question then becomes, should the City plow sidewalks in <br />front of private property or school property? The next question <br />is, should the City plow sidewalks along the sideyard of a house <br />like we have on Quincy Street between County Road I and Hillview <br />Road? Another question is should the City plow sidewalks along <br />the backyard in areas that are developing such as Silver Lake <br />Road from County Road fi-2 to Bronson Drive? <br />SUGGESTION: I will stick my neck out and make a suggestion which <br />is not a recommendation. I suggest that we continue to plow the <br />existing sidewalks that are by City or school property. I <br />suggest that we continue to plow the sidewalk on the east side of <br />Silver Lake Road from County Road H-2 to Bronson Drive because we <br />have had complaints from citizens and there are no property <br />owners adjacent to the sidewalk. I also suggest that we plow the <br />sidewalk on the east side of Quincy between County Road I and <br />Oakwood Drive because it is very easy for the County snowplows to <br />remove the snow because the sidewalk is right next to the road. <br />I also suggest that the proposed sidewalk on the east side of <br />Quincy from Bronson Drive to County Road I be plowed by the City <br />because it will be right next to the street. I also suggest that <br />the proposed sidewalk on the east side of Quincy Street from <br />County Road H-2 to Bronson Drive be plowed by the existing <br />residents because the houses face Quincy Street and because the <br />southeast side of the street there are some tress close <br />to Lund that will be between the street and the sidewalk when the <br />construction is completed. <br />SWT/bc <br />